Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

Book II.Signals in the Dark8:31pm Fri. Oct. 21, 2383The last of dusk sparkled in the lagoon as Thom crossedthe gathering room and walked out onto the veranda of theirCaribbean villa. He always meant to get out of the lab beforedark, but an updated encyclopedia of quantum mechanics hadbeen emailed from the homeworlds recently and he hadfound it quite difficult to put down most evenings."This is nice, you're not buried in one of those textstonight," Ava said."Yes?" Thom said as he slipped onto a stool at the bar ontheir verandah.She had already made herself something, she was sittingon the plush loveseat at the railing. "What are wecelebrating?" she asked.His magic level was such that it was still easier to justplink icecubes from a bucket than conjure them into theglass. It was still easier to pour the tonic and the gin. He felttoo summery for Granddad on the rocks, instead he poured abig glass and made it light on the gin. "Heymon approved myfabrication request. I hope to be reading entangled states fromcondensates in the dark matter a week or two from now."123